Perceived Influence of Employee Compensation Practices on Employee Commitment at Kenya Forest Service Headquarters, Kiambu County.
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Date
2017Author
Kenduiywa, Sheilla C
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ThesisLanguage
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The study sought to establish the perceived influence of employee compensation practices on
employee commitment in Kenya Forest Service. Employee compensation practices were
measured by basic pay, bonus schemes and merit payment. The study’s objective was to
establish the perceived influence of employee compensation practices on employee
commitment in Kenya Forest Service.The descriptive research design was employed in the
study. A semi-structured was used to collect data from the lower management, middle
management and the top level management. The study utilized stratified sampling technique
to obtain a sample size of 62 staffs. Data obtained was well coded and analyse. The study
concluded that Kenya Forest Service used various compensation practices in order to
motivate its employees. Compensation practices such as basic pay was largely being practice
in the organization as the compensation policy recognizes employees’ skills, effort,
responsibility, competency and commitment since all this encourage employees to work
hard. In addition organizations do not provide hourly payment since employees prefer
monthly payment. The study findings were that compensation was based on the knowledge
and skills of an individual; that is; employees should receive payment for their talents (that
can be used successfully under different situations and tasks .The recommended that Kenya
Forest Service should focus on sustained improvement in employee compensation practices
as a mechanism of enhancing employee commitment and retention for competent staff.The
study was limited to time since at the time the research was being conducted when
employees were undergoing workshop training. The study recommended that similar studies
be done on the other firms in the public sector to confirm or contradict the findings of the
study.
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University of Nairobi
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